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Can You Identify These Unwrapped Snacks?

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About This Quiz

Everyone snacks. Sometimes you get hungry between meals. While we all know we should grab something healthy, such as an apple or string cheese, we often grab something unhealthy because it is convenient or because we have a craving. How many times do you get a craving for grapes? It happens, but you probably go looking for the Doritos, Snickers, Fudge Stripes or York Peppermint Patties first. Don't worry we won't tell your doctor!

Many of our favorites have distinctive shapes that we don't usually take the time to appreciate because the snack goes directly from the wrapper into your mouth. However, we want to know if you can spot a bowl of M&M's or if you confuse them with Skittles when there is no wrapper around.

In the following quiz, every snack is an old favorite, so there are no trick questions. It covers everything including sweet, salty, sour and meaty snacks.

Are you a connoisseur of snacks? Do you spend too much time in the snack aisle? Can you tell the difference between a Ring Ding and a Ding Dong? How about a Swiss Roll and a Yodel? Even if you struggle, it is likely that this quiz will make you hungry!

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Which candy is it impossible to be serious while eating?

Mike and Ike

Twizzlers

Starbursts

Skittles

Twizzlers were created by The Young & Smylie Confectionery Company. Hershey's is the current owner and makes all Twizzlers in the United States at the company's Lancaster, Pennsylvania factory.

Bill Harmsen founded the Jolly Rancher Candy Company. He created the candy in 1949.

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Which chip is known for the can it is sold in?

Lay's Potato Chips

Tostitos

Pringles

Doritos

In 1966, Fredric Baur designed the original Pringles can. When he died in 2008, he was buried in one.

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Which Japanese snack food is sold as Mikado in the United Kingdom?

Kit Kat

Pocky

Lotte Koala's March Cookies

Chocorooms

In 1966, Ezaki Glico launched Pocky Chocolate in Japan. Pocky Almond was introduced in 1971. Five years later, Pocky Strawberry was added to the lineup.

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Which colorful sugary candies are sold in Canada as Rockets?

Smarties

M&M's

Starbursts

Life Savers

In 1949, Eddie Dee launched Smarties. Originally, his candy company was called Ce De Candy. On January 1, 2011, the company was renamed Smarties Candy Company.

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Which horn-shaped chip celebrated its 50th birthday in 2014?

Fritos

Bugles

Doritos

Funyons

In May 1964, General Mills tested Bugles in a few cities. They were Seattle, Buffalo, Syracuse, Portland, Omaha, and Des Moines. In 1966, the company would launch the brand nationally.

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Which ice cream bills itself as "The Original Sundae Cone?"

Creamsicles

Good Humor Chocolate Eclair Bar

Klondike Bar

Nestle Drumstick

The ice cream cone was invented at the 1904 World's Fair. I.C. Parker is responsible for Drumsticks. He came up with the idea of coating an ice cream cone with chocolate and peanuts.

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Which small rock-shaped candy originally came in a box split between grape and strawberry flavors?

Starbursts

Nerds

Skittles

Good & Plenty

In 1983, the Willy Wonka Candy Factory created Nerds. In the mid-1980s, a Nerds cereal was sold. Like the candy, the box was split between two flavors, which were orange and cherry or strawberry and grape.

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Which cream-filled snack cake is shaped like a hockey puck and competes with the similarly named Ring Ding?

Twinkie

Ding Dong

Zebra Cakes

Swiss Rolls

Ding Dongs have been sold since 1967, except for a short period in 2013. On "CHiPS," Ding Dongs were the favorite snack of Officer Frank "Ponch" Poncharello.

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Which chip is infamous for having a former mascot that was a "Mexican bandit?"

Doritos

Fritos

Pringles

Cheetos

In 1932, C.E. Doolin purchased a recipe for making corn chips from Gustavo Olguin. By the 1950s, Doolin was selling Fritos nationwide.

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Which snack was created in 1917 because a Kentucky coal miner asked for a snack "as big as the moon?"

Hostess Cupcakes

Twinkies

Ding Dongs

MoonPie

Chattanooga Bakery makes Moon Pies. At the time the bakery made over 100 items, but MoonPies were by far the most popular.

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Which candy was named after Frank Mars' favorite horse?

Snickers

Milky Way

Mars Bar

3 Musketeers Bar

Snickers debuted in 1930. In 1984, Snickers was announced as one of the "Official Snack Foods" of the Olympic games.

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In 2018, Keebler released a "Whoopsy!" version of this cookie that featured a round shortbread cookie completely covered in fudge.

Chips Ahoy!

Fudge Stripes

Sandies

Oreo

In 1969, Leo Burnett Worldwide created the Keebler elves for an advertising campaign. The head elf is named Ernie Keebler.

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Which snack cake comes in pre-portioned snacks and comes in blueberry muffin and fudge brownie varieties?

Which peanut and chocolate candy comes in half-pound and crunchy varieties?

Twizzlers

M&M's

York Peppermint Patty

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

In 1963, Hershey's Chocolate Company bought the H.B. Reese Candy Company after H.B. Reese's death. From 1917 to 1928, Reese had actually worked for the Hershey Chocolate company.

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Which snack cake is vanilla with a cream center?

Snow Balls

Zingers

Donettes

Twinkies

In 1930, Twinkies were introduced. The original flavor was banana cream, but a shortage of bananas during WWII led to the vanilla option.

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Which Nabisco peanut butter cookie was designed by William A. Turnier, who also designed the shape of Oreo cookies?

Nutter Butter Cookies

SnackWell's Vanilla Creme Sandwich Cookies

Fig Newtons

In 1969, Nabisco debuted Nutter Butter. The cookies is are also available as Nutter Butter Bites.

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Which vaguely human shaped candy was originally called Mars Men?

Starbursts

Nerds

Skittles

Sour Patch Kids

Under the name Mars Men, this candy debuted in the 1970s. Sour Patch Kids got their current name in 1985.

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Which chips tagline mentions that they have ridges?

Fritos

Doritos

Veggie Straws

Ruffles

In 1948, the Frito Company bought the Ruffles trademark from Bernhardt Stahmer. The company started selling the crinkle-cut chips in 1958.

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Which fruity candy brand launched in the United Kingdom as Opal Fruits?

Twizzlers

Starbursts

Skittles

Good & Plenty

The original flavors are strawberry, lemon, orange and lime. In 1967, Opal Fruits were introduced to the United States with the name changed to Starburst. The Opal Fruits name was used in the UK and Ireland until 1998.

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Which granola bar did Quaker debut in 1981?

KIND Bars

Nature Valley

Larabar

Quaker Chewy Bar

In 1850, Quaker Oats was founded as the German Mills American Cereal Company. The company would register its first trademark in 1877.

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Which ring-shaped corn snack is flavored with onion powder?

Funyuns

Cheetos

Doritos

Tostitos

Funyuns were introduced in 1969. PepsiCo makes the snack for Frito-Lay.

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Which coconut candy would you choose if you were "feeling like a nut?"

3 Musketeers

Mars Bar

Snickers

Almond Joy

Peter Halajian created Almond Joy in 1948 because his customers were asking for a milk chocolate alternative to Mounds. Hershey purchased the brands in 1988.

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Which mint-flavored candy is named after a town in Pennsylvania?

Junior Mints

Life Savers Pep O Mint

Peppermint Mentos

York Peppermint Pattie

Henry Kessler founded the York Cone Company in 1920. Twenty years later, he created the York Peppermint Pattie.

Which cookie was called a cake until the 1980s?

From 1929 to the 1980s, Fig Newtons were branded as cakes. In the '80s, Fig Newtons were rebranded as "chewy cookies."

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Which meat snack was invented in 1928 by a man named Adolph Levis?

Slim Jim

Beef Jerky

String Cheese

Lunchables

In 1967, Adolph Levis sold his company to General Mills. General Mills purchased the Cherry-Levis Food Company for $20 million.

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Which popcorn snack became immortalized in the song "Take Me Out to the Ballgame?"

Fiddle Faddle

Cracker Jack

Crunch 'n Munch

Popcorn Balls

In 1893, Cracker Jack debuted at the Chicago World Fair. F.W. Rueckheim and Brother created the snack.

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Which of these cookies is made by sandwiching two vanilla wafers with chocolate?

Nutter Butter

Oreo Cookies

Fudge Stripes

Milano Cookie

Milano cookies were invented in 1956. They are currently made by Pepperidge Farm.

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Which marshmallow cookie is only sold September through March?

Mallomars

MoonPie

Graham crackers

Twinkies

Mallomars sell 95 percent of their inventory in the northeastern United States. The cookie was first sold in 1913.

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